topic Summary: Swept Surface in Creo General (View/Sketch/Illustrate, and Creo Direct)https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-General-View-Sketch/Summary-Swept-Surface/m-p/97998#M1462
<P><BR /><SPAN>As it turns out my example and my attempt to explain my problem were both</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>pretty bad. Thanks to those who replied and we're able to read my mind and</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>figure out the problem. My salvation was the variable section sweep and</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>the x-trajectory. What I wanted to model was how the angle of a tool</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>relative to a rotating piece of stock would effect the finished piece.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I was going to make a summary with some pics to illustrate the solution but</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>that would probably be just as confusing. So I'm passing along this</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mock-up part that will hopefully give everyone that is not familiar with</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>VSSs a little insight as to how they work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks to everyone that replied,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Sam</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Sam Snively</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Steam Turbine Develop Engineer</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Elliott Company</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>901 North Fourth Street</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Jeannette, Pa 15644</SPAN></P>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:08:13 GMTSamSnively2018-12-14T19:08:13ZSummary: Swept Surfacehttps://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-General-View-Sketch/Summary-Swept-Surface/m-p/97998#M1462
<P><BR /><SPAN>As it turns out my example and my attempt to explain my problem were both</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>pretty bad. Thanks to those who replied and we're able to read my mind and</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>figure out the problem. My salvation was the variable section sweep and</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>the x-trajectory. What I wanted to model was how the angle of a tool</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>relative to a rotating piece of stock would effect the finished piece.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I was going to make a summary with some pics to illustrate the solution but</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>that would probably be just as confusing. So I'm passing along this</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mock-up part that will hopefully give everyone that is not familiar with</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>VSSs a little insight as to how they work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks to everyone that replied,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Sam</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Sam Snively</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Steam Turbine Develop Engineer</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Elliott Company</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>901 North Fourth Street</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Jeannette, Pa 15644</SPAN></P>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:08:13 GMThttps://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-General-View-Sketch/Summary-Swept-Surface/m-p/97998#M1462SamSnively2018-12-14T19:08:13Z